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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. This book provides an accessible and up-to-date account of the rich military history of the nineteenth century. It takes a fresh approach, making novel links with conflict and coercion, and moving away from teleological emphases. Naval developments and warfare are included, as are social and cultural dimensions of military activity. Series: War and Conflict Through the Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644493
ISBN
9780745644493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.67

Hardback. A succinct and highly readable overview of one of the most critical periods in IsraelOs short history. Covers from the founding of the State in 1948 to the Six-Day war of 1967: a time within which Israel fought three separate wars and saw its population double due to mass immigration. Num Pages: 340 pages, maps, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 36. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644660
ISBN
9780745644660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 54.71

Paperback. A succinct and highly readable overview of one of the most critical periods in IsraelOs short history. Covers from the founding of the State in 1948 to the Six-Day war of 1967: a time within which Israel fought three separate wars and saw its population double due to mass immigration. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF1; HBLW3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644677
ISBN
9780745644677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.55

Hardback. This short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLA; HRAX; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644981
ISBN
9780745644981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Hardback. The search for gold and for the mythical El Dorado gripped the imagination of the conquistadors from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Crossing over the Andes, they explored the unknown eastern forests and jungles, launching expeditions that were often disastrous and always disappointing. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1KLSC; 1KLSX; 3JB; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745645520
ISBN
9780745645520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.81

Hardback. Under the blazing Iraqi sun in the summer of 2007, Shannon Meehan, a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, ordered a strike that would take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians. He thought he was doing the right thing. He thought he was protecting his men. Num Pages: 260 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; 3JMC; BM; HBJF; HBLX; HBWS5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646725
ISBN
9780745646725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.70

Hardback. * Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the late twentieth century. * This important new volume brings together his key writings on Algeria, where he did his first major fieldwork in the late 1950s and 1960s. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 35. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646947
ISBN
9780745646947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.25

Paperback. * Pierre Bourdieu is one of the most influential sociologists and anthropologists of the late twentieth century. * This important new volume brings together his key writings on Algeria, where he did his first major fieldwork in the late 1950s and 1960s. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745646954
ISBN
9780745646954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.67

Hardcover. Katyn the Soviet massacre of over 21,000 Polish prisoners in 1940 has come to be remembered as Stalin s emblematic mass murder, an event obscured by one of the most extensive cover-ups in history. Yet paradoxically, a majority of its victims perished far from the forest in western Russia that gives the tragedy its name. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745655765
ISBN
9780745655765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.57

Hardcover. Twenty years ago India was still generally thought of as an archetypal developing country, home to the largest number of poor people of any country in the world, and beset by problems of low economic growth, casteism and violent religious conflict. Series: Politics Today. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FKA; HBJF; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661117
ISBN
9780745661117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.30

Hardcover. * This is a highly original study of everyday life in the Nazi concentration camps. * Suderland examines the ways in which prisoners coped with the degrading conditions of the camps, by looking closely at their daily activities and routines, as well as the social relationships and networks they created. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663357
ISBN
9780745663357
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.34

Paperback. * This is a highly original study of everyday life in the Nazi concentration camps. * Suderland examines the ways in which prisoners coped with the degrading conditions of the camps, by looking closely at their daily activities and routines, as well as the social relationships and networks they created. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745663364
ISBN
9780745663364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.50

Hardcover. Major transformations in society are always accompanied by parallel transformations in systems of social communication D what we call the media. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745672571
ISBN
9780745672571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.49

Hardcover. Over the past 25 years, Jurgen Habermas has presented what is arguably the most coherent and wide-ranging defence of the project of European unification and of parallel developments towards a politically integrated world society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JM; HBJD; HBLX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745686813
ISBN
9780745686813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.05

Hardcover. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745692166
ISBN
9780745692166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. Thomas More remains one of the most enigmatic thinkers in history, due in large part to the enduring mysteries surrounding his best-known work, Utopia. He has been variously thought of as a reformer and a conservative, a civic humanist and a devout Christian, a proto-communist and a monarchical absolutist. Series: Classic Thinkers. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; HBJD1; HBLH; HPCB; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 287 x 19. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745692173
ISBN
9780745692173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.38

Paperback. The Lewis and Clark expedition was the greatest camping trip in history. It was one of those irresistible American adventures that many people dream of living. This book shares the details of the journey that historians have gleaned from the group's journals and maps, and also discusses what's known of the Indian perspective of the expedition. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: 1KB; HBJK; HBLL; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 189 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764525452
ISBN
9780764525452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.22

Hardback. This book explores how the Canadian Army prepared for the possibility of a Third World War and how its innovations and adaptations laid the groundwork for the evolution of our national army. Series: Studies in Canadian Military History. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW; HBTW; HBW; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774827027
ISBN
9780774827027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.83

Hardback. The voices of Chinese immigrants who settled in the pre-1950s Canadian prairies come alive in this extraordinary record of migration, settlement, and community life. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774828000
ISBN
9780774828000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.18

Hardcover. This is the personal story of a middle-class, Jewish, US educated Cuban who joins Che Guevara and Fidel Castro to become a leader in the dramatic and dangerous urban underground during the struggle and ultimate triumph of the revolution, from 1952-1959. Num Pages: 336 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KJC; BGHA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787961695
ISBN
9780787961695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.65

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 44. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; HBJK; HBLW; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801432880
ISBN
9780801432880
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.43

Hardback. Series: Wilder House Series in Politics, History & Culture. Num Pages: 284 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DDN; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801433085
ISBN
9780801433085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.92

Hardback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBA; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801435263
ISBN
9780801435263
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH; JPH; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801438882
ISBN
9780801438882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.12

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